Re: WG Adoption of an I-D

Seconded.

From my experience chairing WGs, this has often been misunderstood by participants, primarily I think b/c chairs so often do adoption polls to gauge interest.

The other adoption issue I've encountered is when multiple drafts exist for solving the same problem, when one is picked.

Thanks,
Chris.

> On Apr 27, 2026, at 10:09, Adrian Farrel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That’s nice text, Andrew.

>  From: Andrew Campling <[email protected]> 
> Sent: 27 April 2026 13:37
> To: Salz, Rich <[email protected]>; Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: WG Adoption of an I-D  I’m not convinced that the text as worded is sufficiently clear that (rough) consensus is not required prior to WG adoption of a draft and propose the following.   
>  Working Groups MAY formally adopt an Internet-Draft to indicate that it is being considered as a candidate for publication as an RFC. The main difference between a draft owned by an individual and one adopted by a working group is that the adoption process hands over change control to the working group.  Once a document is adopted, Document Editors are tasked with documenting the consensus of the Working Group.
>  Adoption of a draft is the starting point for the working group to work on the document, with no suggestion that there is agreement on its content at the point of adoption.  Working group chairs MAY adopt a draft if they believe there is sufficient interest in the topic covered by the draft; there is no requirement to establish rough consensus from the working group for the adoption of a draft.
>   Andrew
>  From: Salz, Rich <[email protected]> 
> Sent: 27 April 2026 13:12
> To: Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Complaint to IAB regarding a declaration of consensus to adopt a non-hybrid draft
>  
>     • Yes, although I now wonder whether we should also underline that adopt != agree.
> 
>  I think it’s implied by the current text, but if you want to make it more explicit, something like “adoption is the starting point for the WG to work on the draft."